Nagaur (Rajasthan): Twenty-one people,
including 19 women, were today killed and nine injured when a
pick-up van in which they were travelling collided with a
truck in Kuchera area here this evening, police said.

The accident took place when they all were returning
home in Luwari village of Jodhpur district after performing
some rituals in Butati village.

The victims were taken to a nearby hospital here and
doctors declared 21 of them as brought dead, the police said.
The condition of the injured was stated to be stable.